The second sex /
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.
The second sex / Simone de Beauvoir ; edited by H. M. Parshley ; translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier ; with an introduction by Sheila Rowbotham. - London : Vintage Books, c2009. - 762 pages, xxv, 822 pages. ; 24 cm.
Translation of Le deuxième sexe.
This ed. originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [801]-806) and index.
Facts and myths. Destiny. Biological data -- Psychoanalytical point of view -- Point of view of historical materialism -- History -- Myths. Montherlant or the bread of disgust -- D. H. Lawrence or phallic pride -- Claudel or the handmaiden of the Lord -- Breton or poetry -- Stendhal or romancing the real -- Lived experience. Formative years : Childhood -- Girl -- Sexual initiation -- Lesbian -- Situation. Married woman -- Mother -- Social life -- Prostitutes and hetaeras -- From maturity to old age -- Woman's situation and character -- Justifications. Narcissist -- Woman in love -- Mystic -- Toward liberation. Independent woman.
'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. This book is suitable for those who believe in the equality of the sexes.
009974421x 9780099744214 9780099499381
79129555
305.42
The second sex / Simone de Beauvoir ; edited by H. M. Parshley ; translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier ; with an introduction by Sheila Rowbotham. - London : Vintage Books, c2009. - 762 pages, xxv, 822 pages. ; 24 cm.
Translation of Le deuxième sexe.
This ed. originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [801]-806) and index.
Facts and myths. Destiny. Biological data -- Psychoanalytical point of view -- Point of view of historical materialism -- History -- Myths. Montherlant or the bread of disgust -- D. H. Lawrence or phallic pride -- Claudel or the handmaiden of the Lord -- Breton or poetry -- Stendhal or romancing the real -- Lived experience. Formative years : Childhood -- Girl -- Sexual initiation -- Lesbian -- Situation. Married woman -- Mother -- Social life -- Prostitutes and hetaeras -- From maturity to old age -- Woman's situation and character -- Justifications. Narcissist -- Woman in love -- Mystic -- Toward liberation. Independent woman.
'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. This book is suitable for those who believe in the equality of the sexes.
009974421x 9780099744214 9780099499381
79129555
305.42